Himalayas by bus by John Conway

In August 1970 eleven North West cavers set off for the Himalayas in a double decker bus nicknamed “Arni” on an expedition that has become legendary in British caving history – The British Speleological Expedition to the Himalayas 1970.

Forty five years later in 2015 John Conway, one of the original team, has decided to publish the tale of the their exploits on Facebook as a daily diary, using his original diary entries, and John has very kindly given us permission to reproduce his story here.

Although this isn’t an Earby tale it’s one we feel needs recording for posterity, so we’re very please to be able to reproduce it below.

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